Alliterative Poem on the Deposition of King Richard II: Ricardi Maydiston de Concordia Inter Ric. II. Et Civitatem London (Classic Reprint)

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The following curious poem on the Deposition of Richard the Second is preserved in a paper manu script in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge, where it is known by the shelf-mark L1. 4. 14. The ms. Itself seems to be of the beginning of the 15th century, and contains, 1. A copy of Piers Plowman; 2. The Poem now edited; 3. A treatise of Arithmetic in English prose; 4. A treatise of Phi losophie and Astronomye also in English prose; 5. The Arguments of the Psalms, in Latin Distiches; 6. A Collection of Latin Aphorisms turned into En glish verse; 7. A Short Glossary to Piers Plowman; 8. A copy of the Singular Poem of Piers of Fulham.

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